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Creating a campus culture that prioritizes student success

UMSL’s fundamental purpose is to educate and graduate diverse students as they seek different and better lives. To accomplish our purpose, every member of the UMSL community must actively engage in student success.

The Student Success Task Force was established with an expectation for UMSL to be a student-centric university at all levels and to communicate the role that each and every employee brings to student success.

This culture — a culture that prioritizes student success — is a foundational principle on which we operate as a university. And, it's a culture that starts with you.

  • Every faculty and staff member brings the skills, knowledge and tools with them to work everyday to contribute to student success.
  • We can all create opportunities that not only allow us to be nimble in our response to student needs, but to act with urgency in our contributions to the student experience.
  • We all share ownership in student success and we can all be change-agents for our students.

By creating a student-ready UMSL, we can all contribute to the recruitment and retention of our students — helping provide access to a quality education and a community of support to ensure their success.

UMSL Appreciation Survey

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Three students walk outside the Rec Center

 

A successful UMSL student:

  • Has clearly defined individual goals with a willingness to be transformed by UMSL and engage in transforming others
  • Takes a holistic view of their education, including soft skills, transferable skills and academic knowledge
  • Is well connected with faculty, staff and alumni
  • Feels valued by the campus community, feels at home at UMSL and has a sense of belonging
  • Is retained from semester-to-semester in good academic standing
  • Graduates within a four to six year window
  • Graduates with minimal loan debt
  • Has job placement or graduate school admission upon graduation

 

 

Student Success Task Force Subcommittees

Campus Culture Impact Team

Charged with defining the student-centered campus culture that best serves UMSL and developing an action plan that empowers all faculty and staff to contribute to student success.

NSSE/FSSE/BCSSE Survey Analysis Team

Charged with evaluating a suite of engagement survey data to inform action items for individual units and the broader campus.

6-Week Survey Analysis Team

Charged with evaluating survey data collected from students at the 6-week mark to inform action items for individual units and the broader campus.

Withdrawal Survey Response Strategy Team

Charged with evaluating survey responses from students that withdrawal from the university to inform action items for individual units and the broader campus.

Campus Communication Team

Charged with developing communication initiatives to inform faculty, staff and administrators of the importance of engaging in student-centered campus culture.